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"So now there’s an exception where there wasn’t before. Catholic doctrine changes, except when it doesn’t. right....."

Ignorance is not an attractive attribute (Ephesians 4:18).

From the days of the early Church, exceptions have been made, fully in line with the words of Christ in John 9:41 and John 15:22. Also recall Pauls words in Romans 2:14-16.

Justin Martyr stated in First Apology, circa 150 AD, "We have been taught that Christ is the first-begotten of God, and we have declared him to be the Logos of which all mankind partakes [John 1:9]. Those, therefore, who lived according to reason [Greek, logos] were really Christians, even though they were thought to be atheists, such as, among the Greeks, Socrates, Heraclitus, and others like them. . . . Those who lived before Christ but did not live according to reason [logos] were wicked men, and enemies of Christ, and murderers of those who did live according to reason [logos], whereas those who lived then or who live now according to reason [logos] are Christians. Such as these can be confident and unafraid."

The early Church fathers were, however, quite unequivical in condeming those who removed themselves from the ark of the Church.

The early Church fathers were, however, quite unequivical in condeming those who removed themselves from the ark of the Church.

The *church* is not an ark. It saves no one. There is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved except that of Jesus Christ.

The only safe place is Christ. HE is our refuge, not some organization.

And once we are born again, we are transferred into the kingdom of the Son God loves and are seated with Him in the heavenly places. Our salvation is complete in the spiritual realm.

For that reason, there is therefore no more condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Justin Martyr stated in First Apology, circa 150 AD, "We have been taught that Christ is the first-begotten of God, and we have declared him to be the Logos of which all mankind partakes [John 1:9]. Those, therefore, who lived according to reason [Greek, logos] were really Christians, even though they were thought to be atheists, such as, among the Greeks, Socrates, Heraclitus, and others like them. . . .

Jesus and the apostles would have had a field day with this nut-job...

Those who lived before Christ but did not live according to reason [logos] were wicked men, and enemies of Christ, and murderers of those who did live according to reason [logos], whereas those who lived then or who live now according to reason [logos] are Christians. Such as these can be confident and unafraid."

So Justin says the great philosophers, the great humanist thinkers were and are Christian...And after 2000 years of scripture, it is still ignored...

Col_2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.